OPENING THIS WEEK
LET THE PAINT SPEAK
Ghostprint Gallery presents an exhibition of new works on canvas from dynamic NYC painter, Peter Fowler. The artist will be in attendance and can be booked for a limited number of portraits
during the weekend. Showing through May 31

THE BACK DOOR TROT
VagaBox, a collaborative of nine rising stars, proudly presents The Back Door Trot. By magically transforming a 24-foot moving truck into a roving art gallery, VagaBox delivers art from the studio directly to the public. The creation of this transitional space questions
and challenges the boundaries within which art is typically experienced, while featuring a wide range of works from sculpture and installation, to sound and video. The exhibition runs for one night only.

NEW WORKS
ADA Gallery presents new work by Tom Condon, Katie Baines, artists from FEAST and new paintings by Jeffrey Majer.

EXINTRINSIC
Gallery5 presents an exhibition embracing the fine subtleties and details of the surface and texture of the human body. Featuring Ebony Paterson from Kingston Jamaica, Lisa Kellner from Richmond, Virginia and Brooke Hine from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Ebony and Lisa artists create an exquisite visual dialogue about the body as a receptacle or vessel for passage while dissecting the discrepancies between what is perceived and what is visible. Lisa Kellner’s work ranges from delicate drawings and paintings exemplifying the topographical qualities in the landscape of the skin to Installations that explore the qualities of flesh and bodily structure juxtaposed with the aspects of personal sactuary. Ebony Patterson creates large scale mixed media prints that seek to reference specifically female objectification from an autobiographical perspective, while making cultural references to her own experiences with her own body. Brooke Hine’s evokes life energy through the natural forms of her work.

218-222 West Broad St.
For one night only: VajaBox presents The Back Door Trot, a mobile art exhibition featuring nine artists starring Derek Coté, David Culpepper, AJ Fraley, Janna Hall, Liz Lake, Dustin Minnick, Sarah Tavenner, Michelle Lyon, and Stephen Williamson. Back door opens from 6-10pm, parked in front of Life Coffee (218 W. Broad) and The Flat (222 W. Broad). 917-488-5090.

1212 Gallery
Opening May 9 through June 15. Gallery hosts “Paintings, Prose and Poetry.” Collection of contemporary art by four of the regions’ finest artists include Charles Philip Brooks (Gallery East), Krishanna Spencer (Gallery Centre), and Veronica Smith-Hasenei and Sarah Mizer (Gallery West). Artists’ reception Sunday, May 11. 2 - 5 pm. 12 E. 12th St. 233-9957. http://www.1212galleryrichmond.com

1708 Gallery
Opening May 2 through May 31: Forgotten Constellations by Paul Catanese. 7-10pm. 319 W. Broad St. 643.1708. http://www.1708gallery.org

ADA Gallery
Opening May 2, works from Tom Condon, Katie Baines, Chris Norris & Sherry Griffen of Feast, and Jeff Majer. 228 W. Broad St. 644.0100. http://www.adagallery.com

Anderson Gallery Masters of Fine Arts
Thesis Exhibition, Round 2 running from May 9 through May 18. This exhibition is the final requirements for students earning a master’s degree in the fine arts departments from VCU. The exhibition provides a forum for emerging artists to display their work and give viewers a “preview” of new directions in the visual arts. 907 ½ W. Franklin St. 828.1522. http://www.vcu.edu/arts/gallery

Art6
Project Project will present Short Works, a collection of short dances, on Friday and Saturday, May 30-31 at 7:00 pm at Art6, Tickets are $10 at the door. 6 East Broad Street. 787.0255.

Artspace
continuing through May 18: Precisely That: 2008 Senior Honors Thesis Exhibition. Concurrently in two locations, through May 9 at the Harnett Museum of Art, University of Richmond Museums, and through May 18 at Artspace Gallery @ Plant Zero. The senior honors thesis exhibition is the capstone experience for graduating studio art majors in the Department of Art and Art History at the University of Richmond. Exhibition includes art works by Anne Hazel, Stephanie McBride, Haley McCall, Alicia McCarty, Rafiya Naim, Natsumi Oba, and Kimberly Wirt. 0 E. Fourth St. 232.6464. http://www.artspacegallery.org

Art Works
Opening Friday May 23 through June 22: “Henrico High School Senior Visual Arts Showcase”, “Doors To Anywhere” by Highland Springs High School Arts, “May All Media Show” juried by Jeff Hall, “Auto Monstro” by Richard Becker, “Watercolors” by Christopher Wynn, and “Recent Works” by Jeff Hall. 320 Hull St. 291.1400. http://www.artworksrichmond.com

The Crossroads Art Center
May 16th - June 11th. Featured Art Wall: Kristi Taylor, Gallery 1: Gerry Bannon, Rhoda MacCallum Gallery: All Media Show, Side Car Gallery: Mary Adkins, Caboose Gallery: Betsy Bannon. 2016 Staples Mill Rd. 278.8950. http://www.crossroadsartcenter.com

Eric Schindler Gallery
Continuing through May 13: Ed Trask “Flowers & Bones.” 2305 E. Broad St. 644.5005. http://www.ericschindlergallery.com.

The Gallery
Opening Friday, May 23 through Sunday, June 29: “Manifestations of Chaos Serenity” photographs by Megan Wagner. 16 S Dooley Ave. 355.0102 http://www.the-gallery.it

Gallery 5
Opening May 2 through May 30, Exintrinsic. Exintrinsic is an exhibition embracing the fine subtleties and details of the surface and texture of the human body. Works by Ebony G. Patterson,

Lisa Kellner and Brooke Hine.
Opening reception at 7pm. 200 W. Marshall St. 644.0005 http://www.gallery5arts.org

Ghostprint Gallery
Opening Friday , May 2: “Let The Paint Speak” by Peter Fowler. Fowler’s work has been widely exhibited and collected in Spain and NYC and he now owns and operates Kepa3 Gallery in Buffalo, N.Y. with his wife Kathi Rousell, an accomplished jeweler and ceramicist. 220 W. Broad St., 344-1557. http://www.ghostprintgallery.com

Glave Kocen Gallery
Opening Thursday May 1: “Norway Bound”-An Exchange Between Norway and America with art from Mirjam Ahladas, Arlene DeConti, Barbara Duke Jones, Christaphora Robeers, and Gjert Heibeg. Opening Friday, May 2: New Works by Steve Hedberg. Opening Reception with the artist 6-9pm. 1620 W. Main St. 358-1990. http://www.glavekocengallery.com.

Henry
Opening Friday, May 2: Photographs by Rachel Albright. 212 W. Broad St. 344.5315. http://www.thehenrygallery.com

Main Art Gallery
Opening Friday, May 2: “Hunter, Gatherer:” New Paintings by Katherine DeGaetani. First Fridays Reception 7-9pm.
1537 W. Main St. 355.6151.
http://www.mainartsupply.com

Quirk Gallery
Opening Friday, May 2: New Works by 311 W. Broad St. 644.5450. http://www.quirkgallery.com
Red Door Gallery Opening Friday, May 16 through Sunday, June 22: “Moments of Imaginiation” paintings by Barbra Mann Myers.  1607 W. Main St. 358.0211. http://www.reddoorgalleryva.com
University of Richmond Continuing through June 6: 2008 Harnett Biennial of American Prints and “Drawn to Nature” by George Whitman.
http://www.museums.richmond.edu

VagaBox
Opening Friday , May 2: “The Back Door Trot,” A Mobile Art Exhibition featuring nine artists. 218-222 W. Broad Street. Starring Derek Coté, David Culpepper, Aj Fraley, Janna Hall, Liz Lake, Dustin Minnick, Sarah Tavenner, Michelle Lyon, and Stephen Williamson. Produced in part by Ink Tank, Lift Coffee, VCUarts. Contact Derek Coté (917) 488-5090,
VCU Arts Opening Thursday, May 8: “High Cotton” Reception: 5-6 p.m. Featuring the work of Amy Chan, Lewellyn Hensley, Virginia Samsell and Katie Youell. Locker 50B. 1000 West Broad Street, 3rd Floor. http://www.myspace.com/vcuartslocker50b Virginia Center for Architecture Continuing through June 8: “Southern Architecture/Southern Architects,” Modern architecture reveals its southern charm. 2501 Monument Avenue. 644.3041. http://www.virginiaarchitecture.org

Virginia Historical Society
Continuing through July 27: “Sites and Stories: African American History in Virginia,” This exhibition tells stories about people and events related to African American historical sites listed in the Department of Historic Resource’s Guidebook to Virginia’s Historical Markers (2007). Photographs and objects will illustrate more than twenty stories from across the Commonwealth. 428 N. Boulevard. http://www.vahistorical.org

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Continuing through May 11:  “Landscapes from the Age of Impressionism,” a dazzling array of 40 French and American paintings by the most popular Impressionist artists - including Claude Monet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Alfred Sisley, Eugène Boudin, John Singer Sargent, Childe Hassam and William James Glackens. 200 N. Boulevard. 340.1400. http://www.vmfa.museum

Visual Arts Studio
Opening Friday, May 2: “Jumping through Hoops: How I slept my way to the Top,” by Karen Kain from 7-10pm.  April 4th festivities begin with an Artist Talk at 7pm. 208 W. Broad St. 644.1368. http://www.visualartstudio.org